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Community Helpers Signs Handout (printable .pdf)

Community Helpers Signs Craft (printable .pdf)

ASL Nook: Occupations (4:04)

Community Helpers in ASL (South Dakota School for the Deaf) (4:21)

Recommended Books to Sign with for Community Helper Storytimes

Recommended Online ASL Dictionaries:

• HandSpeak
• Gallaudet Children’s Dictionary of American Sign Language
• Signing Time Dictionary (includes model descriptions of signs in English)
• ASLBloom
• ASL University
• SigningSavvy (Browsing access free; searching from the site available for subscribers only. To search this site without an account, go to google.com and search “Signing Savvy” followed by the word you are looking for)

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More Resources for Signing with Children:

Little Hands Signing series – book info and parent/teacher resources

Sign the Seasons series – book info and parent/teacher resources

Resources for Signing with Babies and Young Children

Picture Books about ASL and Deaf Culture

Resources for Educators and Librarians

Resources for Signing in Storytime or the Classroom

Resources for Learning American Sign Language

Resources about Deaf Culture and History